HTST 489 Lecture : Oct 21.pdf
11 Feb 2014
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Roman empire as example of how information processing works. Friday is development of modes of collection and processing. Recap of methods up til this point: political warfare or subversion is important tool of politics. Intel is assessed with sophisticated methods that are modern net assessments. Sources are open sources largely, but dealing with rational actors comparing strengths and weaknesses. Almost all the sources were human, some intercepted dispatches but few. If you read records carefully, political debates will involve politician saying my sources tell me something . On field of battle, tactical, stems from recon, scouts. Politcal warfare is very sophisticated, sources are human. Roman strategy as means to simplify the processing of information. Becomes dominant power in mediterranean, more or less establishes boundaries to the rhine river in. England and scotland and down to the middle east around the mediterranean sea. Significant and expensive efforts to expand the empire.
